In fifteen years time Mieke Teirlinck has created an equally impressive and captivating body of works. She touches subjects that are rather kept hidden from the eye or society has developed a blind spot for. Her paintings often depict fragility and helplessness. Her subjects appear completely isolated and are presented without frills or decorum. But even though she strips her subjects back to their bare bones, you always look at ostensibly idyllic, sometimes humorous scenes. At second glance, however, when the shiny veneer is peeled away, a darker layer of angst or pain can be experienced. It is this graceful marriage of opposites that makes her work so unique and alluring.